The Omega Became My Equal

Chapter 6

Lindsey

As soon as I touched his hand I got a weird tingling sensation. I was like I felt small shock waves beneath me skin. I pulled away quickly and gave him a confused look.

"So ummm I'll see you around," I said nervously. 

"I guess so," he said giving me a puzzled look. I could tell he wanted to say something else but he walked out closing the door. 

"What the hell was that?"  I thought to myself sitting down. I quickly finished up and went upstairs to my room. Clearly lack of sleep was making things weird around here. 

The next morning I woke up and did my routine after getting some breakfast and heading to school. The first person I ran into just happened to be Kascy.

"Hey Kascy," I said greeting her. 

"Her girl what's up?"

"Nothing really," I said shrugging putting my backpack in my locker. 

"How is life as an alpha treating you?" she asked. We hadn't really had much time to talk since my dad left and I knew she was concerned about me since the pack meeting.

"Fine," I said nonchalantly. I knew what she really wanted to ask me I was just waiting on her to come out and say it.

"Come on Lindsey you know what I mean."

"Everything is fine."

"Really?" she said giving me a questioning look. Just like Chasin she had a way of seeing right through me. 

"Yep," I said popping the P.

She pulled me to the side away from the crowd.

"I know you're not fine. The fact that his beta as been seen around has to bother you. Talk to me." 

"There is nothing to talk about. I've taken all the necessary precautions and if the time comes I will deal with him. I felt guilty at first but I don't anymore," she gave me a confused look before turning it into a smirk.

"You talked to Chasin didn't you?" she said excitedly. 

"What? I have no idea what you're talking about." 

"Come on Lindsey I know you. You would have still been beating yourself up and running border patrol like crazy working yourself to the ground if you hadn't." She knew me too well. No no one else besides her knew about me and Chasin's little chats. Even she didn't know about most of them. 

"Okay fine. He came to the office last night to ask about some extra training and just flat out asked me how I was. No big deal," she squealed and I shushed her. She would draw attention as loud as she was. 

"I knew it. You're always more relaxed after you talk to him. That is so sweet he was concerned. He so has a major crush on you."

"Will you stop saying that. We're just friends." Something about saying those words didn't sit right with me but I wasn't about to tell her that. She would only say I liked him too and that was just, no.

"Whatever. Anyway what do you want to do for your birthday?" she said smiling. My eighteenth birthday was in a few days and that's also when I was supposed to meet my mate. 

"I don't know. I really haven't thought about it," I told her honestly. It was true. A part from the whole mate thing and me becoming an adult I really didn't know how I wanted to celebrate.

"Are you kidding me? You haven't thought about it?" she said outraged. I just shrugged and shook my head. 

"Well you have to have a party. You're turning eighteen. It's a must so don't even try to talk your way out of it." I internally groaned. I didn't want some huge party but there was no other way then over the top when it came to Kascy. The bell rang and we both headed off to class. 

I went and sat in my usual seat. Chasin showed up a little late as usual but no one said anything since the lecture was just starting. Same old routine. 

When school was over I headed home. We had training in an hour but I felt like starting a little early. For some reason I was a little one edge. I almost had a heart attack when I walked out onto the training field. Chasin was there throwing punches and kicks at a heavy bag. Sweat was glistening all over his body and he seemed lost in thought. I could feel the slight drool roll down my chin snapping me out of my daze. To say I was embarrassed would be an understatement. I was thankful he was too busy to notice me. 

"Need a partner?" I said bravely walking over. 

"I see my personal trainer has arrived," he said smirking. I had to resist the urge to squeeze my thighs together at the sound of his voice.  What the hell was wrong with me? It was just Chasin.

"Uh yeah. So where do you want to start?"

"You're the teacher. I'll follow your lead alpha," he said giving me a mock bow. I couldn't help but laugh at his playful demeanor. 

"Alright let's start with something simple. How about you go on the offense and I'll show you where you're going wrong with your technique."

He nodded and readied himself. I did the same going into defense mode. He came at me and I easily dodged him. It went on that way for a hour until we both were out of breath.

"Not bad. But you need to work on your foot work. You have good technique but you're making a lot of simple mistakes," I informed him. I showed him a few things and he nodded his head in understanding. Then Mark and the others begin to show up for the real session. 

Everyone broke into groups and got started. I looked over at Chasin and saw he was working really hard to take my advice. We went for a run to close it out. When we were done I went to make sure the borders were secure. 

"Alpha your father is on the phone," Falcon informed me. 

True to his word my father had been calling everyday to check on things. I didn't tell him about what was going on with the Valley Moonstone pack because I didn't want him to feel he had to rush back when nothing had happened yet. I also didn't want him to think I couldn't handle things on my own. He trusted me with this position. I wasn't going to screw it up. 

"Thanks I'll take it in the office," I told him. The conversation didn't last long. He basically asked how things were going and how I was handling things which I replied everything was fine. My mom told me how she hated that she was going to miss my birthday but I told her she had nothing to feel guilty about. 

I ate dinner then went to my room, took a shower and crashed for the night trying to shake all thoughts of Chasin and the enemy pack from my mind. 

Chasin 

When our hands touched I felt something, almost like small shocks. They were like nothing I had ever felt. She pulled her hand away quickly which let me know she must have felt something too. 

"So ummm I'll see you around," she said nervously. 

"I guess so," I said giving her a puzzled look. I wanted to ask her why she was so nervous but decided against it. I walked out of her office and closed her door all the while trying to figure out what all of this could mean. I wasn't stupid. You were only supposed to get those types of tingles from your mate. I was already eighteen but if my mate wasn't yet that would explain why I haven't found her and Lindsey wouldn't be eighteen for a few more days. I cleared my head not wanting to get my hopes up. There was no way Lindsey could be my mate. She was an alpha for godsakes. I knew I had feelings for her and probably always would but being her mate was just to ridiculous to even think about. Why would the Moon Goddess pair the two of us together when we were from two different world? It just wouldn't make any sense. Lindsey was just too far out of my league. But a guy can dream can't he? And that's exactly what I did.

The next morning I did my thing and went to school after eating some breakfast. I was glad that I didn't have to worry about doing too much through the weekdays since I was still in school. The asses in the pack pretty much had to fend for themselves until the weekend since the alpha insisted that I needed time to study like everyone else. Yes there was the laundry and things left to do, light cleaning and such but the female omegas took care of most of that. I pitched in  occasionally to help them out but I mostly did repairs, worked the movie theater and cleaned the pool, things of that nature. It sucked having to clean up after awesome parties you weren't invited to but what the hell, it was life. At least through the week I got to relax a little. 

I walked into Mr. Chandler's class almost late as usual. Normally I would have aimed to piss him off. He was an arrogant jerk and the worst he could do was chew me out and give me detention, but I wasn't in the mood today. I took my seat and tried not to stare at Lindsey who seemed to be focused and really into the lecture as usual. The bell rang too quickly for my liking and the rest of the day was pretty boring. My last class was gym and since the teacher was absent it was a free period. I decided to make the best of my time and headed home to start training early. I was determined to prove my worth in this pack and what better way than to step my game up on the field. Besides I was on edge and I needed to release some stress. I still couldn't believe that beta was lurking around. It pissed me off to even think of Lindsey being in danger. She had already been through enough. Also was thinking about the pack and what could happen if there was an attack. Everyone knew that a pack was only as strong as it's weakest link and in this case it was me and the rest of the omegas. If I could move up maybe I could motivate them as well. The Valley Moonstone wouldn't stand a chance.

I took out the heavy bag and started throwing punch after punch landing a kick here and there. It felt good to know that I could at least visualize killing that alpha even if I didn't stand a chance against him in reality. I was in the zone when I sensed a presence, her presence. 

"Need a partner?" I heard her say after a few minutes passed.

"I see my personal trainer has arrived," I said smirking. It was fun to tease her every once in a while even though I couldn't have her. 

"Uh yeah. So where do you want to start?" she sounded nervous and I found that amusing.

"You're the teacher. I'll follow your lead alpha," I said giving her a mock bow. I knew it would make her laugh and I lived for the sound of that laugh. The smile on her face was just as priceless.  

"Alright let's start with something simple. How about you go on the offense and I'll show you where you're going wrong with your technique."

I nodded then readied myself getting into an offensive position. She was strong and I had to show her that I wasn't taking this lightly. I came at her and she easily dodged. I couldn't help but admire her technique. It went on like that for hours until we both passed out. 

"Not bad. But you need to work on your foot work. You have good technique but you're making a lot of simple mistakes," she informed me. She demonstrated a few things and I knew what she was saying was true so I nodded in agreement. There were a couple of times I might have been able to get closer to her if I was more focused. I made a mental note and decided that I was going to work twice as hard and take her advice. Then Mark and the others begin to show up for the real session. 

Everyone broke into groups and got started. I was paired up with another male omega that I could easily take down but took the opportunity to work on my foot work like she told me. It  worked like a charm. He couldn't lay a hand on me. 

By the time I made it back I was drained. I took a shower and ate. Before I knew it I was out.